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| "Close Encounters of the Red Kind" by Charley Smith |
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| It was the first game of the day, we were playing on the "Tire Field". Nathan and myself decided to team up. As soon as the game started, we made haste through some brush in the middle path of the field, and took point in various bunkers. While we were waiting to pick off some red guys, I heard someone say "I'm out." I turned to Nathan and said, "That's Andy." To confirm my thoughts, I looked to my left and saw Andy with his barrel plug inserted and paint on his back. Great, two minutes into the game, and one of our guys was already eliminated. Nathan and myself encountered little resistance. Then, we started moving back toward our base a little bit. Nathan was running around, doing who knows what...so I decided to go back to base and defend(sorry, Nathan!). I slid into a bunker occupied by Mark. We began shooting at Mike, I think it was, who was covered by some small trees and brush on the high bank. After a few minutes, Mike nailed Mark between the eyes...I was on my own, now. I shot at Mike for a couple more minutes, until I see some maniac running toward my direction -- it was Clayton. He was running full speed, dodging paintballs as he went, holding the gun with one hand and shooting at Mike with it. He got near my bunker and catapaulted his body into it. Ok, now it was two on one...us against Mike. Last I checked, we still had control of the lower path, so there was no real way for the red team to get through to our base. Apparently I should've checked again, because suddenly at least two kids from the red team rushed in from the lower path! I ducked down to avoid their fire, hoping to pop out and catch them off guard, but that was wishful thinking. I got nailed...and Clayton was yelling and shooting for all he was worth, but he was just getting peppered. Yep, we were basically the last defense. If only we had covered the low path! |
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